Rodney Williams’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American football player
Is American football player 
Football player 
Athlete 
Canadian football player 
From United States of America 
Canada 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 25 April 1977, Brooklyn, USA
Age: 43 years
Star sign Taurus
Stats
Height: 72 in
Weight: 210 lbs
Education
Southwest DeKalb High School
Sports Teams
New York Giants
Edmonton Eskimos

Rodney Colin Williams (born April 25, 1977) is a former American and Canadian football punter who last played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.

College career

Williams, who played from 1995 to 1998, left Georgia Tech as the school’s career leader in punting average at 41.1 yards a kick. His single-season average of 45.64 yards a kick in 1997 set a school record that still stands. That same season, he had a school record 553 punting yards against Florida State. In November 2011, Williams was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame.

Professional career

Drafted out of Georgia Tech by the St. Louis Rams. Williams played 2 seasons in NFL Europe where he was a Special Teams Captain for the 2000 World Bowl Champions, Rhine Fire. In 2001 landing a job with the New York Giants. At the time, Williams was the only African-American punter in the NFL, and was just the fourth in the league’s history. Williams set a team record with a 90-yard punt on Monday Night Football on September 10, 2001 in Denver against the Broncos, a record that stands to date. Williams officially retired from the NFL in 2007.

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